Check unknown Australian numbers with recent reports from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and more. Understand caller patterns and share your experience.
Unsure about an Australian number? Find fresh community reports to judge unknown calls or texts. Cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide show both legitimate callbacks (delivery, banking, appointments) and waves of phishing. Area codes (02, 03, 07, 08) are not reliable for location due to portability/VoIP — treat them as signal, not proof.
Good practice: return calls only via the official number on the provider’s site/app, check in‑app messages, and don’t share one‑time codes by phone. Enable device blocks and carrier filters (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone) and leave a short, factual experience here to help others.
The caller typically disconnects as soon as I answer, and they've been frequent over the past week.
No one answered on the line, yeah.
I'm considering canceling the landline.
When I returned the call with a hidden ID, the line said the number was out of service; it’s now listed among blocked numbers.
Calls keep dropping as soon as I answer.
No answer was provided; they claimed the number was disconnected, and I suspect CMS Media is behind these nuisance calls.
No audio was heard; the call was disconnected.
A warning popped up on my phone during today’s call, reading “Multiple call alert”.
Message received; I’ll return the call later.
The call ended without a voicemail; my phone flagged it as spam, and other sources label it an insurance‑claim scam.
Seems like spam or a scam from an energy supplier.
A pre‑recorded female voice requested personal data to supposedly revise a doctor's information. My physician practices far from the mentioned area, and such updates would never be handled this way. I hung up because it was clearly illegitimate.
Check out Mission 4 at www.mission4.com.au.
Based in Brendale, QLD, Mission 4 Pty Ltd supplies electronic parts and equipment.
Visit Tamarind Tree Curries online at www.tamarindtree-curries.com.au.
The NSW Department of Community Services, Lithgow Community Service Centre
Plastering service Anthony Treloar (Kingaroy, QLD)
Service: Heartfelt Carpet & Lounge Cleaning in Wyoming, NSW – offering carpet cleaning and protection; website www.heartfeltclc.com.
Marked by the device as possible fraud.
Listed as Bundaberg Fibreglass Services, located in Bundaberg East, Queensland.
Call back via the official company number (website/app), not the unknown number. Check in‑app notices.
Delivery/appointment confirmations, bank callbacks, 2FA codes; periodic robocalls, smishing around parcels, and fake support hotlines.
Not really. Portability and VoIP make 02/03/07/08 weak as location hints. Context and content matter more.
Be concise: caller type, purpose, date and cues. Avoid sensitive data.